The Christmas Spirit

This weekend we officially kicked off the Christmas Season! Our weekend was jam-packed and I loved every single second. The fun started Saturday morning. We headed down to Tacoma to first get family pictures taken. I have been looking forward to this weekend for months now. Between the planning of clothes and wishes for dry weather, it became a bit of a stressful event (not real surprising that I would find something to stress about!). Anyway, the weather looked promising for this past weekend so we jumped on the opportunity. We got up early, got the kids ready, and out the door we went. Our photographer was amazing and despite the fact that Mckinley and/or Kyan were crying 90% of the time (honestly!), the pictures she got turned out amazing. I think we were all surprised that she got so many good ones. Here are a few of our favorite shots:

After our extremely cold photo shoot we were off to my mom's boat to drop Kyan off while Kevin, Mckinley and I went to my dad's football game. It was a really sweet time with just us and Kinley--I think she enjoyed having all of our attention too! So one sad loss later, we were back to pick up Kyan and head home. It was a really fun day. Things didn't really go as planned (i.e. the kids screamed hysterically at pics and my dad lost his game), but I had an amazing time nonetheless.

The next morning we were up early again, but this time we were off to breakfast and then the Christmas tree farm. We found a little place in Maple Valley to eat and then a few miles from there a tree farm. Again, it was freezing! The cold didn't matter though, we had a great time! It is still unbelievable at times that I have these two wonderful kids! :) This year Mckinley didn't seem near as frightened by the small forest! I actually think she really enjoyed going to get a tree. I know she LOVED decorating the tree though! It was so sweet watching her get so excited about each new ornament.

So after we got our huge tree into our house, we realized we were in need of more lights. And since we were already getting lights for our tree, why not get lights for the house too?! One pricey trip to Fred Meyer later and we were set to decorate! Sure we only had one hour of remaining daylight, and we only got half the lights up, but what we have done is awesome (pics to come)!

Now our house is full of Christmas cheer---I absolutely love this time of year! The only down side though is that I still have two more weeks of work!! I just want to fully relish in the season with my kids and hubby!

Hoping you all are having a wonderful start to the happiest time of the year!!